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ArticleJournal of pediatric psychology2024

Anxiety among youth with food allergy.

Sally Ho, Frances Cooke, Ashley Ramos, Elizabeth L McQuaid, Hemant Sharma, Linda Jones Herbert

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Article in Journal of pediatric psychology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  4. Food allergy-related social anxiety: Novel conceptualization of an important but overlooked construct.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025
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6 authors.

Sally HoCenter for Translational Research, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1919-2052
Frances CookeDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States.
Ashley RamosDepartment of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5295-0671
Elizabeth L McQuaidDepartment of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9573-3781
Hemant SharmaDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States.
Linda Jones HerbertDepartment of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States.

Funding

Psychosocial Adjustment and Adherence among Youth with Food AllergyK23AI130184 · NIAID · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI HERBERT, LINDA JONES · 2016 to 2020
$704k
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 5K23AI30184-02NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI130184
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAnxiety is among the major psychological concerns for children living with food allergy (FA). Yet research exploring the variables driving anxiety symptoms in FA remains sparse, and most studies still utilize homogeneous samples to assess anxiety symptoms. The current study seeks to evaluate the rates of clinically significant anxiety symptoms among a diverse sample of youth with FA and examine whether a heightened risk perception of FA outcomes and FA burden (vs. FA medical history) is associated with anxiety in youth.

methods94 youth ages 10-14 and their parents were recruited from FA clinics at a mid-Atlantic children's hospital. Both youth and parents completed demographic and FA medical history questionnaires, the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders, and the Food Allergy Independent Measure as part of a longitudinal study about FA adjustment and adherence.

resultsOver a third (37%) of youth scored above clinical cut-offs for overall anxiety symptoms. At least 25% of youth reported clinically significant scores on panic disorder, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, separation anxiety, and school avoidance subscales. Perception of risk of adverse FA outcomes and burden-but not FA medical history-were associated with total anxiety, generalized anxiety, panic disorder, and school avoidance symptoms, but not social anxiety and separation anxiety. Having more FAs was associated with higher social anxiety scores but not with other anxiety subscales.

conclusionsYouth with FA might benefit from psychosocial interventions that address FA risk perception management and promote appropriate FA vigilance to cope with anxiety symptoms.

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AnxietyFood HypersensitivityAdolescentAnxiety DisordersChildFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleParentsSurveys and Questionnairesallergen exposureanxietyfood allergyriskyouth

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PMID38679905
PMCPMC11258805

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